Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2023 · Art and Culture · Question 62

Consider the following pairs: Site — Well known for:

  1. Besnagar — Shaivite cave shrine
  2. Bhaja — Buddhist cave shrine
  3. Sittanavasal — Jain cave shrine.

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None

Answer

Only two

  1. Besnagar — Shaivite cave shrine: Incorrect. Besnagar (Vidisha) is famous for the Heliodorus pillar/Vaishnavite association, not a Shaivite cave shrine.
  2. Bhaja — Buddhist cave shrine: Correct. Bhaja caves in Maharashtra are an early Buddhist rock-cut cave complex.
  3. Sittanavasal — Jain cave shrine: Correct. Sittanavasal in Tamil Nadu is well known for its Jain cave shrine and paintings.

Hence, only two pairs are correctly matched.

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